Posts Tagged ‘David Robertson’

Marchand: Joba on the Block?

Marchand: Joba on the Block?
I’ve avoided going to the ESPN-NY well too often for fear of beating a dumb horse. Who better, then, to drag out their crackerjack analysis than Joba: While this weekend will be a celebration of what George Steinbrenner accomplished, it very well could be a tipping point about what Joba Chamberlain...
July 16th, 2010 | Columns, Featured | Read More

Relievers Will Break Your Heart

Relievers Will Break Your Heart
Apparently, baseball has its unwritten rules.   This season, we, as mere observers, have been lucky enough to discover a new one nearly every week.  Never walk over a pitcher’s mound (via Dallas Braden).  Never send your starter out to warm up just to get your reliever a few more reps (via Ron...
May 30th, 2010 | Articles, Columns, Featured | Read More

Opening Night: Deja Vu All Over Again

Opening Night: Deja Vu All Over Again
And so it began, the 2010 season. The Yankees kicked it off in Boston for the first time since 1992, eschewing the traditional afternoon majesty of Opening Day for the glittering glamor of ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. Traditionalists barked, as did my need for sleep, weary of kicking off a long season...
April 5th, 2010 | Columns, Featured | Read More

World Series Game 1 Thoughts

World Series Game 1 Thoughts
Random thoughts on a game that doesn’t need much explanation: ◊  Last night’s game pretty much begins and ends with Cliff Lee. Sure, Chase Utley deserves props for hitting not one but two home runs against fellow lefty CC Sabathia.  Lee was downright filthy.  Lee threw 122 pitches across...
October 29th, 2009 | Featured | Read More

Thoughts on ALCS Game 6

Thoughts on ALCS Game 6
Reflections on an evening I spent singing the Theme to New York, New York over and over while alone in my kitchen: ◊ Great game pitched by Andy Pettitte last night. It’s rare that you see Pettitte let out a yell or a fist pump but clearly, Andy was dialed in and on a mission. It’s funny...
October 26th, 2009 | Featured | Read More

ALCS Game 5 Thoughts

ALCS Game 5 Thoughts
Thoughts about the game while I try to stop my head from sadly shaking: ◊ Last night once again encapsulated AJ Burnett as a pitcher. Burnett came out in the bottom of the first and stunk up the joint, allowing four runs before an out was recorded.  A long flyout and double play later, AJ gets out...
October 23rd, 2009 | Featured | Read More

Micro Joe Girardi Strikes Again

Micro Joe Girardi Strikes Again
Tempting as it was, I resisted the urge to scrawl a profanity-laden diatribe against Micro Joe Girardi following last night’s 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles California Angels of Anaheim California.  My reasoning? One shouldn’t make rash decisions in the heat of battle. If only Micro Joe had...
October 20th, 2009 | Featured | Read More

ALDS Game 2 Thoughts – Yanks & Twins

ALDS Game 2 Thoughts – Yanks & Twins
Some thoughts after surviving through game two: Wow. I don’t care what Joe Girardi says.  Gardner made a huge mistake in the 10th when he was doubled off third on Damon’s line drive.  With one out, Gardner could have trotted home on any ball that got through the infield.  There was no...
October 9th, 2009 | Articles, Featured | Read More

The Great Division Series Roster Debate

The Great Division Series Roster Debate
Yesterday, the soon-to-be-deposed Peter Abraham was riffing on the Yankees’ playoff roster possibilities. His look at the pitching staff possibilities shapes up like this: PITCHERS (10) LHP CC Sabathia RHP A.J. Burnett LHP Andy Pettitte RHP Mariano Rivera RHP Phil Hughes LHP Phil Coke RHP Alfredo Aceves RHP...
September 29th, 2009 | Articles, Columns, Featured | Read More

Bruney, Robertson Could Play Big Roles In October

Bruney, Robertson Could Play Big Roles In October
George King of the New York Post is reporting that the Yankees have gotten some encouraging news on a talented young reliever: David Robertson and the Yankees got good news after the reliever had his ailing elbow examined by Dr. James Andrews. “He won’t be out more than 10 days to two weeks,”...
September 13th, 2009 | Articles, Quick Hits | Read More

Yankees’ Midterm Report Card

Yankees’ Midterm Report Card
The Yankees are 88 games into the season at the All Star break, as good a time as any to break down the good and bad of the season.  We went over this a bit in the podcast last week, but we’ll look a little more in-depth here. On to the grades: Catcher Scott:  It has been a strange year for the...
July 14th, 2009 | Columns | Read More